Neighborhoods that were once cubators for the gay rights movement have been gentrified, leadg to angst about the effects on the L.G.B.T.Q. muny.
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GAY PRI
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Sce 1972 Philalphia has been celebratg gay pri and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall rts wh a para, but for many young people, the 2017 experience was h. Groups me om lol gay bars, relig associatns, and big pani like Comst and Inpennce Blue Cross.
The Flaggots lor guard dazzled march atten wh an imprsive monstratn of their flag-twirlg skills, and the Philalphia Gay Men’s Chos nclud wh a full show of dancg and sgg.
THERE GO THE GAYBORHOOD
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * gay pride 2017 *
Now Hik, a black queer woman, is exced about a new gay-rights symbol: a pri flag wh addnal black and brown strip above the rt of the rabow.
Philalphia’s downtown gay neighborhood, lled the Gayborhood, has faced multiple stanc of racial discrimatn wh the past year, cludg discrimatory drs- polici at lol bars and a leaked vio of a nightclub owner g a racial slur.
Hik said that the “vast majory” of crics are gay whe men, a sector of the LGBT muny that don’t necsarily unrstand the issu that LGBT people of lor might face. There is a prumptn among gay whe men that the rabow flag already reprents everyone, Hik said. In honor of gay pri month, pri flags flew high across the globe Sunday to honor the 1969 Stonewall Rts, the tone monstratn that sparked the LGBTQ rights movement.